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US NM: PUB LTE: Civil Asset for Feiture Evidence of Decline
The New Mexican, 16 Dec 2014 – Clearly, the far right wing of this country would love to return to a medieval, feudal state with them (the 0.1 percent) as our feudal lords. During those original good old times, the lords of the realm could confiscate any property accumulated by the lower classes arbitrarily at […]
Read moreUS NJ: Column: Ibogaine Is the Cure for Addiction and Is
The Trentonian, 18 Dec 2014 – You can read this and say I’m just a dumb stoner and a drug addict, but to be clear I’m far from stupid and I’m not addicted to anything. I don’t do drugs; I only smoke “cannabis,” which isn’t addictive.
Read moreUS HI: Editorial: Medical Marijuana Too Hard To Obtain
Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 23 Dec 2014 – It’s been almost 15 years since the law was enacted, and Hawaii still doesn’t know what to do with its medical marijuana program. It’s actually less of a program than a policy, and that policy is: Hawaii residents can get a prescription for the drug, but filling it is […]
Read moreUS HI: PUB LTE: Make It Easier For Pot Patients
Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 26 Dec 2014 – Hawaii medical cannabis patients are at the end of their rope. For 14 years, they have not been able to access safe, efficacious medicine due to a hastily crafted state law that forces them to buy on the illegal market.
Read moreUS NM: Column: Examining Legality Of Pot Use, Driving
Albuquerque Journal, 29 Dec 2014 – WHAT’S ONE TOKE OVER THE LINE HERE? Eric Jackson points out, “We all know it’s illegal to drive while intoxicated, and that it’s illegal to have open containers of alcohol in a vehicle – but what about using marijuana? “Let’s say a person has a medical marijuana card,” he […]
Read moreUS NM: Revised Pot Proposal Nets More Criticism, Some Public
The New Mexican, 30 Dec 2014 – Latest Public Hearing Draws Smaller Crowd A public hearing on the revised version of proposed rule changes for the state Medical Cannabis Program on Monday drew far fewer people than a June hearing on the first version, and it was generally less contentious.
Read moreUS NM: Editorial: Err On Side Of Compassion
The New Mexican, 02 Jan 2015 – Too much energy is being spent rewriting rules for the distribution of medical marijuana in New Mexico. The state Department of Health, rather than devising cumbersome rules that make it harder for patients to get the medicine they need, should streamline the process.
Read moreUS HI: Susan Chandler
Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 02 Jan 2015 – Hawaii’s Medical Marijuana Dispensary Task Force Facilitator Hopes Patients Will Soon Have Easier Access to the Drug Susan Chandler says she had no particular opinions about medical marijuana before she agreed to be facilitator for Hawaii’s Medical Marijuana Dispensary Task force – and as a formal matter she still […]
Read moreUS HI: Column: 2014 Was Filled With People Shifting Blame to
Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 03 Jan 2015 – For years, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has insisted that people who pay for sex and the intermediaries who facilitate that exchange are responsible for violence against women. Hence his Feb. 26 column celebrating the arrests of men who were guilty of nothing but negotiating terms with cops […]
Read moreUS HI: Panel to Advise 2017 Start for Pot Dispensary Licenses
Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 03 Jan 2015 – KAILUA-KONA (AP) – Hawaii’s Medical Marijuana Dispensary Task Force will recommend that licenses for marijuana production centers and dispensaries be offered in 2017, according to the state representative overseeing the group. Rep. Della Au Belatti (D, Moiliili-Makiki-Tantalus) said the task force finished its work this week.
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